Fox News, an American broadcaster whose very name contains a lie, has been successfully sued for defamation over its false claims that the 2020 US election was rigged. The owner and executive chairman is the same nasty, money-crazed reactionary outed in these columns more than once, a Mr R Murdoch. There was a well-known comic in the early days of BBC Radio called Richard "Stinker" Murdoch, who is no relation but whose nickname could surely be applied, without the quote marks, to his modern day namesake.
Fox, under the directions of Stinker, knowingly broadcast inflammatory claims that led directly to the battle of Congress and the deaths of several people. Murdoch was due to testify in the lawsuit. At the expense of yielding to the suit, and at a cost of nearly $800m, he was able to avoid taking the oath and facing questions about why he has plotted high treason against his adopted country.
I have given up hoping that Murdoch would either be dumped by his partners and shareholders, or be removed with extreme prejudice by some agency dedicated to justice, but let us at least rejoice in the diminution of his fortune.
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